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Giles I'd include the iconic London A-Z street atlas, described as "an exemplar of modern information design" by the Design Museum (http://www.designmuseum.org/design/phyllis-pearsall). And if it's graphic classics that we're looking for then I wouldn't dismiss the Gall-Peters’ projection. Like Marmite, some might hate it, but it's still a classic. David Sherren David Sherren Map Librarian University of Portsmouth UniversityLibrary Cambridge Road PORTSMOUTH PO1 2ST United Kingdon Telephone: +44 (0) 23 9284 3655 Facsimile: +44 (0) 23 9284 3233 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.port.ac.uk/library/maplibrary >>> "Da Cruz, Antonio" <[log in to unmask]> 28/01/08 >>> I’ve been asked to compile a list of 50 or so maps that have become ‘graphic classics’ in one way and another, for a book on graphic classics. The criteria for inclusion are very broad. Basically they include maps which established important new principles that then became standard, or which significantly advanced the science of cartography. They also include maps which are important or fine in design terms. There’s no starting or cut-off date, but anything pre-mechanical reproduction would have to have a strong argument attached to be included. The list to date includes Beck’s Underground map, John Snow’s cholera map of 1854, the first weather map, Ortelius’s world atlas of c. 1570, a population density map, and the Gall-Peters’ projection, as examples. I would be very interested to hear what maps members of the cartographic community would include on such a list. As well as maps from centuries ago, I’m also looking for maps which have been published in the last 30 years or so which have become graphic classics, or look like they may do so. Giles Darkes